Orbon's system of government resembles vladimir putens system of government. He hands out favors to friendly business people, who then donate money to his party in order to keep it in power. Orbon has refused to allow hungarian territory to be used to transfer arms to ukraine. And he is adamant that hungary should not get sucked into what he calls some one else's war.
Viktor Orban’s eight-year assault on the country’s institutions will help his bid for re-election. But the poll is far bigger than Hungary: it is a verdict on autocracies everywhere. Britain welcomes the fees from its staggering number of Chinese university students; we examine the risks that dependence poses. And a prescient Ukrainian war film gets a new lease on life.
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